San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Parade, Feb. 22, 2014

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The sun broke out from behind the clouds partway through the Rodeo Parade, warming temperatures up slightly. The parade wound through downtown San Angelo and passed City Hall.

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Bob Bluthardt, site manager of Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, chats with Mayor Dwain Morrison and City Manager Daniel Valenzuela as they prepare to walk in the parade. Several local dignitaries were a part of the parade Saturday.

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Mandy Sedden, 33, and her son, Jace Sedden, 3, watch re-enactors in the San Angelo Rodeo Parade go by from the corner of Chadbourne Street and Twohig Avenue. Hundreds of other residents lined the streets as the parade meandered through downtown San Angelo.

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Zoey Moore, 7, and Drake Moore, 2, wave and call to the different parade participants as they pass by. The two were playing with wooden horses purchased from Fort Concho Historic Landmark.

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Spectators and riders wait excitedly for the parade to begin. Floats, wagons, horses, marching bands and vintage vehicles lined the streets of downtown San Angelo almost an hour before the parade.

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Mules in the Santa Fe Trail Ride toss their heads, waiting for the San Angelo Rodeo Parade to start. The parade, which ran through downtown Saturday morning, lasted a couple of hours.

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Eddie Moore, 52, points out the upcoming parade floats to his granddaughter, Landry Schoenfield, 2. The two were among hundreds of San Angelo residents who gathered downtown early morning to watch the procession.

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Amber Shuster, 14, with the San Angelo Rodeo Ambassadors, waits for the parade to begin. This is the first year Shuster is riding at the parade.

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The Fort Concho Color Guard waits stoically to lead the Saturday parade. Although the morning started off cloudy, the sun broke out an warmed-up downtown San Angelo by late morning.

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Paul Lewis and Milton Lewis, Fort Concho Buffalo Soldiers, are ready for the parade to begin. The two rode just behind the Fort Concho Color Guard, at the front of the procession.

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Spectators snap photos as the parade comes by. The procession wound through several blocks of downtown San Angelo, passing City Hall, Stephens Central Library and ending up at the Concho River.

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Riders from the Santa Fe Trail Ride wave to parade-goers Saturday, as they pass the Tom Green County Courthouse.

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Lake View High School’s Junior ROTC marches through downtown San Angelo as part of the weekend’s San Angelo Rodeo Parade.

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Kaiden Barbiera, 3, exclaims to his friends, Xavier Castro, 3, and Scotty Flores, 3, as some John Deere tractors drive by in the parade.

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Re-enactors from Fort Concho National Historic Landmark display their bayonets as they march through downtown. They were part of the weekend rodeo parade Saturday.